Chapter 289 Silent Night

Chapter 289 Silent Night

Chapter 289 Silent Night
Under the darkness, only a few starlights can reveal the outline of the city.

Shrouded in darkness and death, the city of Yubei was filled with war ruins and wreckage. The temperature was extremely low. There was no snowstorm, only the extremely low temperature. Because there was not even the sound of the wind, the whole city was so quiet that it seemed to be frozen.

In the center of the city, in a huge nuclear explosion pit with a diameter of 6 kilometers, a liquid mixed with various blood and body parts has frozen into ice, and the streets within a radius of several kilometers are radiating outward, melting, and shattering.

Only in the distant streets of the city are there still a large number of zombies.

But these zombies were all motionless in the dark, as if they were trapped in some kind of static state. There was no life or sound around them. Even though these zombies were still "alive" in a sense, they had lost their instinct to move. They stood in groups in the streets and alleys like puppets.

On top of a tall building that had not collapsed, Chu Yan, wearing a specially made full-body mecha, quietly looked at the huge nuclear explosion pit in the distance, with a large amount of information constantly emerging from the holographic mask.

A mechanical female voice sounded
"3 kilometers away from Lucheng No. 5650 Star Abyss, current soul value index is 1156, radiation index is 198mSv/h"

"According to intelligence analysis, there may be more than two S-level strange entities here at the same time, as well as the corpse chaser from Star Abyss No. 3."

"Corpse chaser?" Chu Yan pondered slightly as she looked at a huge jellyfish tentacle that had fallen from a distant hill. She then turned her head and looked at the climbing passage that towered into the sky. There were piles of charred corpses outside the airport, and ashes covered the ground like dust. One glance was enough to see how tragic the evacuation battle was at that time.

Her eyes were slightly stern: "Search for the fluctuations of the disaster plants."

"Searching is ongoing, no growth fluctuations of the disaster plants have been found so far."

"It seems to be affected by nuclear radiation..."

“Will it guide the next polar night exploration path?”

Chu Yan didn't say anything. She looked in the direction of the nuclear explosion center, thought for a moment, and then raised her hand and pointed.

"Warning, using gravitational lensing here is very likely to cause tidal resonance, and the risk index for subsequent paths is expected to increase by 13%."

"It doesn't matter. The people from the Phoenix Society Midnight Division 2 have already come to investigate. The corpse chaser is no longer here."

After saying that, she was ready to take action, but at this moment, she suddenly sensed something and turned around abruptly, only to find a young man standing quietly behind her without wearing any protective clothing.

Chu Yan's pupils narrowed: "You again?"

Lin Xian stood on the edge of the tall building with a tired look on his face, looking doubtfully at the familiar yet unfamiliar city outline in front of him, and then looked at Chu Yan.

"It seems that our time is synchronized, and you are not a fictional illusion."

"I'm not, but you are."

Chu Yan turned around and looked at Lin Xian through the mecha's protective mask: "My mecha radar didn't detect you, which means I am the only one who can see you. Who are you?"

Lin Xian saw two organization logos on Chu Yan's mecha. One of them was the red phoenix logo of the Phoenix Society, and the one in front was a gray-blue shield logo - NAUF.
"My name is Lin Xian, and I'm the captain of a survivor team that is working with the Phoenix Society."

"Lin Xian?" Chu Yan frowned. "Is that shelter in Jiang City your house?"

"So I want to know why you appeared in my house?" Lin Xian asked back.

"No comment on that."

Chu Yan raised her hand and pulled out a small flying blade from the left shoulder of the mecha. She raised her hand and threw it. Whoosh, the flying blade quickly passed through Lin Xian's face.

"There must be some kind of energy consciousness connection between the two of us, but I don't know your background. Since you said that you are a team cooperating with the Phoenix Order, I will confirm with the Phoenix Order. When we meet next time, perhaps we can communicate more information. In addition, it is best for you to keep this situation confidential."

Before Chu Yan left, she suddenly looked at him and said, "You saw me longer this time than last time?"

Lin Xian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he did not answer her question, but said

"Wait, let me look here."

Yubei City in the polar night was shrouded in an absolute desolate silence, without a single sign of life. On the edge of the airport platform in the distance, many gasified black shadows of human figures could be vaguely seen, like a magnificent Great Wall painting carved with charcoal on the outer wall of the garrison...

Clank, clank!
Clank, clank!
Lin Xian rubbed his heavy head, struggled to get up, opened his eyes, and found himself lying in the bedroom of Carriage No. 1 of the Infinity. There were no lights on, all the window shades were closed tightly, and the entire car was pitch black.

He looked at the time on his watch.

16:00
Lin Xian tried to open a sunshade near the window and looked outside through the specially made multi-layer bulletproof porthole he installed.

It was pitch black, and only the occasional snowflakes falling outside the window told him that it was snowing outside.

The temperature outside the carriage rose to minus 32 degrees Celsius, and the convoy seemed to be moving away from the extreme cold vortex.

"call……"

Lin Xian took a long breath, trying to suppress the splitting headache.

Due to the excessive over-manipulation of Unit-01 and the use of the gravitational lens, Lin Xian experienced the horror of his soul being torn away. The feeling of Chen Wei's death kept replaying in his mind, and he felt physiologically suffocated.

So he kept adjusting his breathing and sat quietly for a few minutes before he finally felt better.

At the same time, he recalled the madness of the last battle with the giant sea urchin. At that moment, he seemed to have used the nuclear power of Unit-01 to release such a large AT force field. However, this was not a conscious behavior of Lin Xian. He also didn't know how a superstring reactor phase rainbow ring appeared behind him...

Lin Xian opened the panel of the Mechanical Heart and saw the congested information on the screen, and his face suddenly changed.

[Non-mechanical energy has been converted, and 1000 mechanical source points have been obtained. ]

[Non-mechanical energy has been converted, and 1000 mechanical source points have been obtained. ]

[Congratulations, your Mechanical Heart has successfully been upgraded to LV.5. The Mechanical Heart has been fully upgraded to remote control mode! ]

[Remote Control Mode]: Can perform mechanical scanning, swallowing, manipulation, and manufacturing at a distance. The control distance is affected by the [Mechanical Manufacturing] level. The current control distance is 500M.
[Current Mechanical Heart Level LV.5 (240/20000)]

[Special Skills]

Mechanical Energy Cannon【Amplification】

AT Field [Amplification]

Flashback (rare) (2% at level 50)

Surge (Rare) (Level 3 is maxed out)

Gravitational Lens (Legendary) (Level 1 99%)

R & D Center
[G3-Electromagnetic Railgun (Blueprint) Under development: 1 day 13 hours 59 minutes]

"Did Hell Black Chrysanthemum absorb so much dark energy that it actually converted 2000 mechanical source points?"

Lin Xian was secretly surprised, and just as he was about to get up, another message popped up in front of him.

[Non-mechanical energy has been converted, and 1000 mechanical source points have been obtained. ]

Lin Xian was shocked when he saw it.

"Hell Black Chrysanthemum, still transforming!?"

In the battle of Xilan City, how much black energy did this disaster plant absorb? ?

[Currently amplifiable skills. ]

Surge (rare) (level 3, maxed out): can be amplified to: [Superstring Reactor Phase Rainbow Ring]

Amplification conditions: Complete the construction of a nuclear power plant with a thermal power of more than 300 megawatts.

Amplification time: 24 hours
"So this thing is real, but why is it that I can use it without any amplification..."

Lin Xian was full of doubts at this time. He had already used this amplification skill in advance, but now he could only sigh in despair. The nuclear power plant had a thermal power of more than 300 megawatts. You must know that his Gemini 11R nuclear power train only had 290 megawatts. This condition was extremely harsh.

“But fortunately, the Mechanical Heart has finally been upgraded.” Lin Xian looked at his hands at this time, then looked at a small alarm clock he made on the table not far away, and grabbed it directly.

Wow~
In an instant, the small alarm clock turned into ashes and disappeared.

[Swallowed successfully, gained 1 mechanical source point]

"It can devour, scan and control it from a distance, which can save a lot of trouble."

Feeling the increase in strength, Lin Xian's tragic mood from the previous battle was slightly relieved.

Just as he was about to pick up the communicator to call other people, he came to his senses because he felt that the atmosphere in the car was a little strange.

The sound of the rails was slower than expected. Lin Xian didn't know how long he had slept, nor did he know where he was at the moment.

His first reaction at this time was
The car is driving too slowly
The second is to discover
There is an eerie silence in the car

Lin Xian held his breath and walked out of the bedroom. All the lights outside were turned off and the corridor was dark.

What's going on, where are the people?
Just as Lin Xian was puzzled, a figure quickly walked over with a faint cold night light in his hand. It turned out to be Chen Sixuan.

"Shh!"

The moment Chen Sixuan saw Lin Xian, her eyes lit up with joy, but she immediately made a gesture to keep quiet, and then she couldn't help but throw herself into his arms.

"Great, you're finally awake."

Her voice was very low, but she couldn't hide her excitement and joy. Lin Xian calmed down, hugged Chen Sixuan and whispered subconsciously: "What happened?"

At this time, Chen Sixuan pulled Lin Xian back to the bedroom, and after carefully closing the bedroom door, she said to him in a serious and low voice:

"The entire convoy is now driving in silence." Chen Sixuan said, "We have now entered the polar night range of Star Abyss No. 5, but just as we entered the tidal area, something strange happened in the convoy!"

"Something strange?"

Chen Sixuan nodded: "Something has appeared outside the train. There is a train called Flying Fish in the joint convoy. Because the carriage was damaged in the previous defense battle, a large area of ​​infection occurred in the carriage. Someone in one carriage died. The specific cause of death cannot be investigated. Now that carriage has been isolated. We suspect that there may be a problem with the air, so all 22 trains have turned on the air filter, and everyone is trying to find a way to plug the leak."

Lin Xian frowned when he heard this, and immediately activated the Mechanical Heart to sense the heterogeneous Rubik's Cube on the car. He was slightly relieved to find that there was no alarm.

"Besides, since you were not here, we discussed it with Brother Shi and the leaders of several train groups. Although no one is marked now, everyone is worried that it would be troublesome if they encounter something marked in the polar night. And we know there must be something outside, so for safety reasons everyone agreed to reduce the speed, turn off the lights, and drive quietly."

Lin Xian nodded and understood immediately. They had just experienced a fierce battle in Xilan City. Although the survivors successfully removed the marks on their bodies, everyone knew that they were in the polar night and no one dared to relax.

Chen Sixuan told him that due to the restrictions on the train group's route, the 22 doomsday trains had to go directly from the north line through the coverage area outside Star Abyss No. 5 and then reach Quancheng, but because they had to cross the polar night everyone was more cautious.

"Fortunately, the snow is not as deep as it was before on the Parma grassland, so the team does not need to increase its speed very quickly."

frame!
Lin Xian controlled the mechanical heart to open the sunshade on the side and looked at the vast snowfield that was as dark as ink with a slightly stern expression.

"So now there are more than 20 trains running together?"

"Well, Longshan No. 1 is in the lead, and behind us is Monica's Queen Mo."

"Doesn't she have all-terrain driving capabilities? Why doesn't she follow the Phoenix Order's main force?" Lin Xian asked in confusion.

Chen Sixuan whispered: "I don't know, not only her, but also Qian Dele."

"Qian Dele?" Lin Xian was surprised: "He has a large fleet and a nuclear-powered polar vehicle, how could it be turned into a train?"

"He exchanged his nuclear-powered polar vehicle for a train fleet. He said he liked the spaciousness and cleanliness of the vehicle, and that he wanted to die in comfort."

Lin Xian smiled helplessly, this indeed sounded like this person's character, and in this large transfer, many train groups would probably want to follow the Phoenix Order's large force to bypass Star Abyss No. 5, and they were eager to change vehicles.

"It's the same with Luo Yang and his team. After Xilan City, everyone suffered heavy losses. Uncle Wu and Liao Ming from the Great Eagle Team died. Liang Lei, Amin, Luo Luo and Li Guangwen were seriously injured. We saved their lives with the medical cabin. Liang Lei hasn't woken up yet. Then Luo Yang and Li Yi's two teams also exchanged their vehicles with a train team. Now they have merged and named the Sun Team. There are more than a hundred people following us. Some of them and the rest of the Great Eagle Team followed Shen Yao from the North Wind Alliance."

During the entire Xilan City defense battle, most of the convoys had been shattered. In this situation, it was normal for everyone to stick together for warmth. Upon hearing the news about Uncle Wu and Liao Ming, Lin Xian sighed in his heart.

He also remembered a disaster plant that Uncle Wu gave him. After what happened in Xilan City, the importance of disaster plants became extremely important in Lin Xian's mind. Originally, Lin Xian thought that if he managed to survive, he would invite Uncle Wu and the others to join forces, or provide them with some power armor and weapons. He didn't expect that the Big Eagle Caravan would be gone just like that.

"By the way, Shen Yao from the Beifeng team specifically asked me to tell you that there is a team looking for us everywhere."

"Who?"

Chen Sixuan took a deep breath: "Silver Star, Jian Xuwei!"

Lin Xian's pupils condensed when he heard this, and he remembered the head of the Finger Group who was very vigorous at the airport. The Eternal-class Doomsday Train with hundreds of carriages was the most powerful one Lin Xian had ever seen, with more than 4 optical and electromagnetic railguns...

"Ka... Hey, Brother Shi."

At this time, Lin Xian pressed the communicator and tried to contact Longshan No. 1 in front.

Soon, Stephen's surprised voice came from the other side.

"Brother Lin, you're awake!!"

"Shh, keep your voice down~" Lin Xian heard Ning Jing's voice coming from the side.

"Oh, I forgot." Shi Diyuan quickly lowered his voice: "Brother Lin, hi, you finally woke up. I was so worried. How are you now? Is there anything wrong with your body?"

Lin Xian felt warm in his heart: "I'm fine, Brother Shi, how are you doing now?"

"Let me talk to Captain Lin."

At this time, the signal in the frequency band switched to Ning Jing's. She said, "Captain Lin, Lao Shi is also seriously injured. I am watching this place now. We should be arriving in Yijin soon. We haven't seen any monsters yet, but you have to pay more attention to the air circulation system. We suspect that there is some poisonous substance or dark invasion-like substance in the wind, snow and air. Please be careful."

"Okay, I got it, let's keep in touch."

"Ah."

Lin Xian pressed another frequency band and contacted Luo Yang and the others. Hearing Lin Xian's voice, Luo Yang and the other young people were extremely excited.

Luo Yang said: "Captain Lin, we are also learning your train assembly method to modify the interior of the train, and we will follow you!"

Hearing this, Lin Xian said with concern: "Take care of yourselves first. We can talk about transformation after it is safe. Now it is polar night, so be careful. Tell me directly if you have anything."

"Understood, thank you Brother Lin."

"By the way, Li Yi." Lin Xian asked Li Yi again, "How is Liang Lei?"

"He... is still alive." Li Yi's voice sounded a little heavy. It seemed that Liang Lei's injuries were much more serious than imagined.

"Okay, take good care of him." Lin Xian sighed slightly, and then briefly learned about the situation with Qian Dele and Monica in the band. At this time, he breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, 22 doomsday trains were connected end to end. The nearly 500-kilometer-long steel dragon with more than 15 carriages was quietly running in the wind and snow of the polar night. There were more than 4 survivors, some of whom were even transferred to the motorcade in Xilan City, otherwise the number might be even greater.

"What about the others?"

At this time, Lin Xian and Chen Sixuan walked towards the back of the car and asked about the team members' situation.

Chen Sixuan leaned close to Lin Xian's ear and said, "KIKI is still sleeping. In Brother Huo's building, all of these psychics are the same. They have consumed a lot of energy this time. On the contrary, we, the evolvers, are a little better."

Lin Xian's face was solemn: "So it seems that ordinary people are more adaptable than those with special abilities?"

"Maybe they are too tired, and they also used two cold dark reagents." Chen Sixuan said with a worried look on her face.

Lin Xian stopped walking when he heard that, and looked at the extremely weak energy light flowing in the car. Then he thought, could it be because these people were closest to the S-level and received more dark power, coupled with the transformation of the Hell Black Chrysanthemum, which caused a huge burden on the body?

There was a reason for him to think so. Leaving aside the two cold dark reagents, those people with stronger combat power often destroyed more monster tides. In addition, the S-level giant sea urchins and abyss worms would definitely lead to greater energy leakage.

The advantage is of course that it is of great help to superpowers and evolution, but it also has great disadvantages, for example... they will not be able to see the sun for a long time.

Thinking of this, Lin Xian immediately walked towards carriage No. 3. When passing carriage No. 2, KIKI was still sleeping. Lin Xian stopped and took a look. He found that her complexion had recovered well and he felt relieved.

In the battle of Xilan City, KIKI faced the most dangerous situations. It seemed that her ability test was over 2000 evaluation level of violent level, but in essence she was just a girl who had just learned the ability for less than a month. Facing the giant sea urchin, she was almost exhausted and needed to recover.

Lin Xian thought that the reason why he could recover faster was probably because of the energy converted by the Heterogeneous Rubik's Cube.

When Lin Xian arrived at carriage No. 3, he did not see Ding Junyi. Instead, he saw Director Ding and several young team members busy harvesting vegetables in carriage No. 4.

"Cut 3 cm of the carrot roots with the tassels attached, and place them in a petri dish with the roots facing upwards. New shoots will grow in about 2-3 days, and you can put them back in the hydroponic box."

"Put the cut lettuce roots in water, but the water should not exceed 2 centimeters. You should pay attention to the temperature of car No. 4. Lettuce is sensitive to temperature and will wilt if it is overheated. The best growth temperature is between 15℃ and 25℃, which is very suitable for growing in places like now where there is no direct sunlight."

Ding Junyi was harvesting while explaining carefully. When she saw Lin Xian coming in, she immediately stood up and said
"Lin Xian, are you awake?"

"Captain Lin!!"

Several other team members also shouted excitedly at this time, but as soon as they opened their mouths they immediately realized that they were shouting too loudly, so they quickly retracted their necks and covered their mouths.

Lin Xian made a hushing gesture to them, and the players nodded immediately.

"Director Ding, let's make vegetable juice first."

"Go ahead." Ding Junyi said. After they left, she turned to Lin Xian and said, "It's been dark all the time, and we've been in contact with the strange tide in Xilan City for too long. The invasion of darkness will be very serious, so I prepared some more vegetable juice."

Lin Xian opened his mouth. He came here just for this matter, but he didn't expect that Ding Junyi was already doing it.

Seeing this scene, Lin Xian nodded. He looked at Ding Junyi, and suddenly walked up to her and gave her a big hug.

"Thank you Director Ding, thank you for your research, and thank you for the Dark Mark."

After crossing the Dazhushan Plateau, it was because of Ding Junyi and the Hell Black Chrysanthemum from Underground City No. 9 that Infinity was able to come all the way to the present. It was also because of the Dark Mark Theory confirmed by Wei Kexue, Guo Lao, and the sacrifices of countless scientific researchers that tens of thousands of people in Xilan City were able to survive until now.

Seeing her back on the Infinity, Lin Xian just wanted to hug her tightly.

Ding Junyi was caught off guard by this hug, and a hint of surprise flashed across her calm expression.

"this is nothing."

Lin Xian let her go and put his hands on Ding Junyi's shoulders. "How can it be nothing? You, Wei Kexue, Guo Sicheng, Team Leader Yu, Professor Zhang, and the people in the research team, do you know how many people this dark mark can save? You deserve the highest honor in the scientific research community."

After saying this, Ding Junyi adjusted her glasses and said calmly
“For scientists, the other side of truth is not the laurel wreath of honor, but the fountain of salvation that wisdom digs out in the wilderness. As a member of the human race, I am very honored to be able to contribute my own strength, so I do not value honor.”

"certainly……"

Ding Junyi looked at Lin Xian with deep eyes: "I am very happy that you recognize me."

(End of this chapter)